- Collection:
- WSFA Collection
- Title:
- WSFA audiovisual item D126.0007
- Contributor to Resource:
- WSFA-TV (Television station : Montgomery, Ala.)
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1967/1975
- Subject:
- Judson College (Marion, Ala.)
National Democratic Party of Alabama
African Americans--Political activity
Communism--Alabama
Government officials--Alabama
Governors--Alabama
Commencement ceremonies
Political campaigns
Political science
Students
United States. Constitution. 26th Amendment
Voter registration
Voting
Women--Political activity
Marion (Ala.)
Perry County (Ala.)
Montgomery (Ala.)
Montgomery County (Ala.) - People:
- Allen, Maryon Pittman, 1925-2018
Allen, Melba Till, 1933-1989
Amos, Mabel, 1900-1999
Baggett, Agnes, 1905-1992
Beard, Richard, 1903-1972
Brewer, Albert P., 1928-2017
Buhl, Ivy Berman, 1938-2019
Cashin, John L. (John Logan), 1928-2011
Gallion, McDonald, 1913-2007
McDaniel, Juanita
Mizell, Frank
Morgan, Earl C.
Selden, Mary Jane Wright
Stone, Ernest, 1910-1989
Trammell, Warren Seymore
Wallace, Lurleen, 1926-1968 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- The following segments are included: 0:00:00: Melba Till Allen speaking about the importance of electing Alabama's constitutional officers, rather than abolishing the positions or changing them into executive appointments. Allen served as the state auditor from 1967 to 1975, and she was the state treasurer from 1975 to 1978. 0:01:16: Governor Lurleen Wallace delivering the commencement address at Judson College in Marion, Alabama, on April 16, 1967. During the graduation ceremony, Wallace was also awarded an honorary doctorate by the school. 0:02:31: Sybil Pool at an Alabama Public Service Commission meeting in Montgomery. Pool was the first woman in Alabama elected to statewide office. Before serving four terms on the PSC (from 1954 to 1970), she had been secretary of state (1944 to 1951) and state treasurer (1951 to 1955). 0:03:04: John Cashin submitting paperwork to Secretary of State Mabel Amos, in order to qualify for candidates for the National Democratic Party of Alabama (NDPA). 0:04:07: Secretary of State Mabel Amos speaking from her office in July 1971, about a memorandum she sent to local registration officials after the ratification of the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Because the amendment extended the right to vote to all citizens (18 or older) in all elections, any 18- to 20-year-olds who had previously registered for federal elections would have to re-register in order to vote for state or local candidates. 0:05:25: Secretary of State Mabel Amos speaking from her office in March 1972, about her decision not to qualify the Alabama Communist Party to place candidates on the ballot in November. On her desk is a large stack of petitions signed by voters, which had been submitted by state party chair Jim Bains. Amos insists that many of the signatures cannot be verified and therefore rejects the request. 0:07:15: Secretary of State Mabel Amos speaking at the Probate Judges Conference at the Governor's House Motel in Montgomery, Alabama, possibly in January 1974. WSFA-TV news reporter Ivy Berman is seated in the audience. 0:09:06: Alabama's electors officially casting their votes for presidential candidate George Wallace at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 16, 1968. The following officials and private citizens served as electors for the state: Governor Albert Brewer; Attorney General MacDonald Gallion; Superintendent of Education Ernest Stone; Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Richard Beard; Treasurer Agnes Baggett; Secretary of State Mabel Amos; Earl Morgan, Jefferson County district attorney; Mary Jane Selden (wife of Congressman Armistead Selden); Maryon Allen (wife of Senator James B. Allen); and Frank Mizell of Montgomery. 0:10:23: Agnes Baggett speaking about her campaign for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1972. Baggett ran against incumbent Bill Dickinson, who won reelection. 0:13:08: Agnes Baggett speaking at her campaign headquarters in the Bell Building in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, during her run for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1972. Baggett ran against incumbent Bill Dickinson, who won reelection. 0:15:26: Agnes Baggett and Seymore Trammell campaigning against each other for the position of state treasurer in 1970. 0:17:34: Juanita McDaniel, member of the Alabama Public Service Commission, during a meeting about providing telephone service to residents in Hope Hull. (The notes accompanying the original film also mention a clip of Governor Lurleen Wallace meeting with other southern governors in Montgomery, but that footage was not found on the reel.)
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/22
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by WSFA, https://www.wsfa.com.
- Original Collection:
- WSFA-TV (Television station : Montgomery, Ala.)
WSFA collection
Box D126, Item 0007 - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
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